India’s Great Leap Forward
A year on the Prime Minister’s Great Idea may have turned out to be a dud Mao ZeDong’s Great Leap Forward [1] has to be the most outstanding example of […]
A year on the Prime Minister’s Great Idea may have turned out to be a dud Mao ZeDong’s Great Leap Forward [1] has to be the most outstanding example of […]
We’ve been seeing this phenomenon all through since the 2014 Lok Sabha election that swept the BJP to power in India. Assorted supporters of Modi and BJP backing off warily
The end of infatuation with Modi and regrets – aka – rats fleeing sinking ship Read More »
Disclosure of bias: I am biased against mainstream schools as currently exist in India and think they do more harm than good. We need better schools and for reasons more
Senior journalist and rationalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at home today. Her killers knocked on her door and when she opened it, they gunned her down. Yet another vocal
Rape apologist is a term I have become very familiar with it. Every time there is an outrage on social media with accusations of rape or harassment made against a
A bicycle ride on a monsoon morning turned into an impromptu discussion of the world at large. Conversation drives democracy.
The ongoing denial of UIDAI and the government of Aadhaar vulnerabilities remains a concern. Many people don’t understand how Aadhaar could be a problem. There are many and documented ways
3 Aadhaar vulnerabilities that anyone could exploit Read More »
I tend to have very strong opinions, so my contempt for the increasing “stupidification” of India is hardly a secret. This is a cause for alarm, because it is indeed
Some thoughts on rising intolerance, paranoia and plain irrationality Read More »
In many ways, Narendra Modi’s celebration of three years in power represents what the man and his government stands for. He inaugurated the Dhola-Sadiya bridge in Assam, which is immediately spun as